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+# sway-profiles-rs
+This is a tool heavily targeting my own personal use-cases.
+It is a collection of utility commands which primarily serve to manage a multiple-workspace setup in Sway.
+
+## Building
+`cargo build`
+
+## Usage
+`sway-profiles-rs --help`
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